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Questions and answers

Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

  • Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search.  There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Session 6: 13 May 2021 to 8 April 2026
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Question reference: S6W-31067

  • Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 November 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to date to "additional travel and subsistence support for island women to attend courses on the mainland", as set out in its National Islands Plan: Implementation Route Map 2024.

Question reference: S6W-30803

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 19 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with New Lanark Mill regarding the reported proposals for it to close.

Question reference: S6W-30802

  • Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 19 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how it will support wool producers that use the services and skills currently available at New Lanark Mill, in light of reports of proposals to close the mill.

Question reference: S6T-02197

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported comments from the Institute for Fiscal Studies that its income tax increases on the highest earners may have reduced the revenue raised. 

Question reference: S6F-03541

  • Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03540

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-03550

To ask the First Minister, in light of reported figures that over 2,000 people were killed or seriously injured on Scotland's roads last year, what the Scottish Government’s position is on whether 2024 could see the highest number of road accidents and fatalities on record.

Question reference: S6F-03553

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reported calls to widen access to Scotland’s Redress Scheme to allow survivors of abuse at Fornethy House to seek redress.

Question reference: S6F-03558

To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government last met with Ineos or Petroineos to discuss the refinery at Grangemouth.

Question reference: S6F-03539

  • Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024

Question to be taken in Chamber.